Display cabinet

ABSTRACT

A display cabinet having at least four transparent side walls and a bottom wall with a turntable rotatably mounted on the bottom wall which has affixed thereto display means for displaying merchandise. The edges of the turntable protrude partly through the side walls of the cabinet in such a way that it may be readily engaged to rotate the same and view all of the merchandise from different angles.

United States Patent 1191 1111 3,861,766

Corsini et al. Jan. 21, 1975 [5 DISPLAY CABINET 528,885 11/1894 Lindsey312/135 1 1 John Corsini, North Providence; $332533 181132Eififiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiii: .1 3121?? William R. Tipple, Cranston, both ofR.l.

, Primary ExaminerJames C. Mitchell [73] Assignee: Uncas ManufacturingCompany, Attorney, Agent, or Firm Barlow & Barlow Providence, RI. 7

[22] Filed: Jan. 23, 1974 57 ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 435,848 1 Adisplay cabinet having at least four transparent side walls and a bottomwall with a turntable rotatably 8 312/125 312/ 12;? mounted on thebottom wall which has affixed thereto [58] Fie'ld 111 125 display meansfor displaying merchandise. The edges of the turntable protrude partlythrough the side walls of the cabinet in such a way that it may bereadily engaged to rotate the same and view all of the merchan- [56]References cued disc from different angles.

UNlTED STATES PATENTS 256,296 4/1882 Currier.....-. 312/305 UX 4 Claims,4 Drawing Figures DISPLAY CABINET BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Thisinvention relates to revolving display cases for viewing merchandisefrom different angles. In the prior art it has been common to providerotating display cases in which a center post is provided through thecenter of the case providing an axis about which the same revolves.Turning of the case is had by rotating the post which can either beoperated by motor as illustrated in the Wood US. Pat. No. 2,673,778 oralternately the center post may protrude through the top wall of thedisplay cabinet and be engaged manually to rotate the display case. Informs such as this it becomes impractical to stack the display cases oneupon the other since access to the lower post of the lowermost casecannot be readily had and also the security of the display casesutilized before has left something to be desired since in many casesthey may be readily broken apart and the merchandise shoplifted. Inaddition heretofore the entire display case lends itself to be readilytransported away, without ready provision for anchoring the same to thecounter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rectangularor polygonal turntable display cabinet in which the four side wallsthereof are transparent. The bottom wall is of a rigid structure uponwhich is mounted a rotatable turntable. The turntable in turn hasmounted thereon a structure in the form of a display means which in oneof the preferred forms consists of a box-like framework having storageshelves therein and onto the face of this structure may be removablymounted display panels for displaying articles of jewelry or the like.The cabinet itself has a top wall that encloses all of the displaystructure and this top wall is welded to the side walls so as to make anintegral structure. One of the side walls has a door therein to provideaccess into the interior of the cabinet which door has a hasp that willaccept a padlock for securing the same and guarding the contents of thecabinet against pilferage. The bottom wall of the cabinet can beattached to a counter as by a chain. The

- cabinet is preferably provided with legs which have a recess in theend thereof such that they may be received over protruding knobs thatare on the top wall of the cabinet. This allows the cabinets to bestacked one upon the other. Ease in viewing the entire material by thecustomer is provided as the turntable platform extends through slots inthe side walls of the cabinet and, therefore, may be easily contacted bythe palm of a hand so that the display material may be rotated;

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a displaycase embodying our invention with the display panels in place;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view with one of the display panels removedillustrating the interior of the unit;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on lines 3-3 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a partial elevational view of two of the display cabinetsnested one upon the other with parts broken away for clarity.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3,designates the base and 11 through 13 designate the side walls of thecabi-- 7 door 14 complete the enclosure. The portions and 21 are alsowelded or adhesively secured to the side walls which they abut so thatin effect an entire integral unit is provided. Each of the wall sectionsand door are preferably transparent so that viewing of the merchandisemay be readily had. The door 14 is in effect a wall that is hingedlysecured by hinges 23 to the portion 20 and has a hasp 24 with a keeper25 that is secured to the portion 21 and to the door 14. In this way asmall padlock may be inserted through the hasp 25 to main tain securityof the contents within although access may be readily had within thewall cabinet structure.

Upon the bottom wall 10 there is mountd a turntable platform 28. Themounting comprises a pair of plates 29 fixed to the platform 28 and 30fixed to the base 10 which are provided with circular facing raceways,and in these raceways are a number of anti-friction elements such asballs 33. In this fashion the plates 29, 30 may revolve relative to eachother with freedom. The platform 28 is of a diameter greater than therectangular dimensions of the bottom wall 10 so that the turntableplatform extends through slots in the side walls 11 through 13, whichslots are designated through 37 and outwardly beneath the door 14 as at38 (FIG. 3). Upon the turntable platform 28 there is received a displaymeans in the form of a square structure made from four corner posts 40,41, 42 and 43, and between these corner posts there is located aintermediate shelf means 45, a bottom shelf 46, and a top 47. Productidentity or advertising means 60 is located on the top 47 comprisingfour plaques 61 mounted on a base 65 which may slide into guideways 66.Display pads for jewelry are mounted on the outside of this structure,

and to this end headed pins such as 50 are provided extending into thecorner posts, and the pads generally designated 52 are shown as threesuperimposed and mounted on a rear wall or panel such as 54 which isprovided with keyhole apertures 55 at four rectangularly arrangedlocations that allow the panel to be re movably hooked on the four pins50. In this way not only can the display be changed readily, but alsoone of the displays may be removed to provide access into the interiorof the display means where merchandise may be stored as on the shelves45, 46.

For supporting the structure legs 62 may be fastened to the bottom wall10, which legs have recesses 63 opening toward their open end. Therecesses 63 are of a size to fit about locating means such as the balls64 that are fastened to the top wall 17. As will be seen moreparticularly by referring to FIG. 4, this permits tom wall and saidplatform protruding through said 3. A turntable display as in claim 1.wherein said panel is provided .with a plurality of horizontalsuperimposed shoulders on which display pads are mounted.

4. A turntable display as in claim l wherein said detachable mountingmeans comprises headed pins on said posts and keyhole apertures in saidpanel for hooking said panel on said posts.

1. A turntable display comprising a cabinet having transparent sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall, a turntable platform rotatablymounted on the bottom wall, said side walls having an opening adjacentthe bottom wall and said platform protruding through said opening,display means mounted on said platform comprising upright posts, a panelhaving a display pad thereon, and means for detachably mounting saidpanel on said posts.
 2. A turntable display as in claim 1 wherein theplatform carries a shelf exposed by the removal of said panel forstorage of displayed articles.
 3. A turntable display as in claim 1wherein said panel is provided with a plurality of horizontalsuperimposed shoulders on which display pads are mounted.
 4. A turntabledisplay as in claim 1 wherein said detachable mounting means comprisesheaded pins on said posts and keyhole apertures in said panel forhooking said panel on said posts.